New 'Homeland' trailer promises we'll be watching you

I'm embedding the new Showtime trailer for "Homeland" season 2 (which premieres on Sunday, September 30) for a couple of reasons:

1)I'm very excited to have the show (one of last year's best) back, and I imagine seeing glimpses of Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin and friends should pump up your excitement level as well.

2)I love the choice of song: Scala & Kolacny Brothers covering The Police's "Every Breath You Take," a song that has been weirdly turned into a ballad of undying love in recent years (even Sting stopped fighting this particular battle a long time ago and will perform it as such) when it was written as a tale of obsessive stalking. The original interpretation fits "Homeland" perfectly, not just because of the show's extensive use of surveillance, but because of how that in turn fueled the unsettling affair between Carrie and Brody.

Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com

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Oh man, I could not be more pumped up for season 2! Such an awesome show, and great trailer.

I will say, however, that the song was almost eery. Maybe it was the child-like tone in the voices, but I'm not sure it fit for me. Having said that, I might prefer a song over actual voice-clips; less spoilery.

I just finished the first season of Homeland last week and it was excellent. I can not wait for Season Two. Also, is it crazy to say that I think Damian Lewis did a better acting job that Claire Danes? Also, also, is there any way I can find the B.S. Report you did with Simmons about Homeland? Since I just watched the series I purposefully missed the pod when it originally aired?

I really loved the first season. Watched because of Damian Lewis; had no idea about Claire Danes. Just watched "Temple Grandin" last night. She has to be the most promising young actress. Also watched "Brokedown Palace" from 1999 with Danes and Kate Beckinsale. Ironic how differently the careers of these two actresses have developed.

Trailer looked great. Can't wait to see new developments in Carrie's mad life.

I always find it difficult to get a sense of the tone the season will have when you have a trailer set to music like that, also any idea about plot goes immediately out the window. I kind of prefer the Dexter trailer to this one (only looking at the trailers) because at least the Dexter trailer is seeming to give the audience what its been craving, while this one, while getting me excited for the new season, leaves me just as in the dark as I was at the immediate end of the first season.

What? You want to be TOLD what's going to happen in the season before you watch it? This trailer is perfect because it HINTS at things without yelling to its audience something like, "HEY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA PLAY DEB FINDING OUT ABOUT DEXTER!"

I have watched part of the fist season of "prisoners of war" the Israeli show that homeland bases it's episodes. It's fantastic! Alan, have you watched it? It's on Hulu plus. Great way to pass the time till Sept. 30 th!

Wow, simultaneously beautiful, haunting, and creepy. Christ, every show needs to take a lesson from this trailer on how to tease a season. Here's a clue: DON'T REVEAL WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SEASON. You can HINT at what's going to happen, but don't give me a good idea of what will happen, even at the beginning of the season. I don't want false leads or red herrings that make me think something's going to happen and then something else happens. That just causes me, the viewer, to lose my trust in you, the show. Somebody please send this memo to the Dexter people. If you DON'T want to know what happens in the upcoming season of Dexter, then DON'T watch the trailer for the new season.

Beautiful trailer and has me totally excited for a season 2 where i have no idea what to expect, and thats the best thing about it. Season 1 ends with her not only no longer a CIA agent, but insane in some peoples eyes and receiving shock treatments. A typical showtime show, shes a CIA agent going after the enemy season after season. For this show we have no idea what shes going to be doing, but i cant possibly see a way she'd once again be granted security clearance and allowed back into the agency. so her role in season 2 fascinates me. I guess shes gonna go totally rogue as Brody embeds himself deeper into our government. Fantastic show.

DVDs are cumbersome. I would prefer to legally download but that hasn't really taken off, and probably won't until they can work out sponsorship rather than adverts to fund television. eztv.it meanwhile is superb.